Passenger Movement At Bakauheni Port Increases After Eid

Atmospheres of vehicles in the Bakauheni Port area, South Lampung were observed to be busy smoothly. BETWEEN/Riadi Gunawan

LAMPUNG - The movement of passengers at Bakauheni Port, South Lampung, Lampung increased after Eid al-Adha 1444 Hijri Day.

Reported by ANTARA, Friday, June 30, the passengers looked busy and smooth, both in the executive dock area and regular piers, as well as a number of parking bags in the port area starting to be crowded with vehicles wishing to make a crossing to Java Island.

General Manager of Indonesian River, Lake and Crossing PTAGkutan (ASDP) Ferry (Persero) Bakauheni Branch, Rudi Sunarko said, based on 24-hour data, the number of passengers and vehicles showed an increase.

"If you look at the 24-hour data, it looks like there is an increase, but it is not significant," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 30.

According to 24-hour data from the Bakauheni Port Post, the number of passengers in vehicles and pedestrians was 26,762 people.

"There are 1,465 pedestrian passengers, and 25,297 passengers in the vehicle," he said.

As for the number of vehicles, both four-wheeled vehicles, two-wheeled vehicles, large vehicles and buses crossing to Merak Port, Banten, he said, were 6,589 units.

"The motorbike is 936 units, private vehicles are 3,247 units, buses are 218, and trucks are 2,188 units," he said.

Rudi Sunarko appealed to ferry service users to buy ferry tickets (ceans for purchasing ferry tickets) from far away.

"So we appeal to prospective travelers from Java to Sumatra and vice versa who will use ASDP crossing services to buy tickets from far away," said Rudi Sunarko.